Running Man (Korean: 런닝맨) is a South Korean variety show; forming part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup. It first aired on July 11, 2010, and as of 2015, it is. New York Road Runners' (NYRR) fitness events for adults & kids include the NYC Half & New York City Marathon. Get healthy by running with us all year. If you are looking for athletic clothing, choose Soffe apparel. We have athletic clothes for kids, women and men. Get the latest weird news stories from all over the world. Find bizarre and offbeat news about people, nature and unexplained mysteries at ABC News.
Running Man (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Running Man (Korean: лџ°л‹ќл§Ё) is a South Koreanvariety show; forming part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup. It first aired on July 1. Good Sunday, surpassing X- Man's three and a half years. Running Man was originally classified as an "urban action variety"; a genre of variety shows in an urban environment.[1] The MCs and guests were to complete missions at a landmark to win the race.[2] The show has since shifted to a more familiar reality- variety show concept focused on games.
It has garnered attention as being the comeback program for Yoo Jae- suk, the main MC of the program, after leaving Good Sunday's Family Outing in February 2. The show has become popular in other parts of Asia, even reaching its popularity outside Asia, and has gained online popularity among Hallyu fans, having been fansubbed into a number of languages by volunteers, such as English, Spanish, French, Thai, Malay, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indonesian, Myanmar, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian and Turkish. Running Man is currently airing at 4: 5.
KST every Sunday, as the first part of Good Sunday lineup, along with K- pop Star 5, a survival audition competition show as the second part. Format. Current. As of episode 4. Missions below for details) to become the winner(s) at the end of the race. The format of the show moves away from the "race mission + other missions" format into strictly one long race with continuous missions during the race.
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Previous. Previous formats Episode 1. The MCs and guests were locked in a landmark during closed hours and were required to leave before opening hours. In the first episode, they were divided into two teams and raced to find the codes hidden within the landmark that were required to unlock the main doors.[4] With a total of 5 numbers, after one was found, a game was played to determine which team would start first in the next race, and the losing team received a punishment while the other team was given a head start. After all the numbers were found by either of the teams, they approached the main door and entered the code which they believed was correct. The correct team was allowed to leave the landmark while the losing team was required to complete a punishment inside the landmark.[5]Episodes 2- 5. From the second episode to the fifth episode, both teams competed to find golden pigs filled with money that were hidden within the landmark, and participated in games in attempt to win more money. At the end of each episode, the team with the most money was declared the winner and was allowed to leave the landmark while the losing team received a punishment.
The money collected by the teams was donated in the winning team's honour. Viewers could vote on the official Running Man homepage on who they believed would be the winning team, and a lucky viewer who guessed correctly was allowed to have his/her name included in the donation.[6]Episodes 6- 1. From episodes 6 to 1. Running Man Balls (shortened to Running Balls in future episodes).
Running Balls were awarded to the team that found a ball, and were also given to individuals who won a game, who received a Running Ball of their team's colour (blue or red).[7] Each of the games and races were referred to as missions, and were as follows: Mission 1 featured games related to the landmark. Previously, the Photo Zone Game was played at every landmark. Mission 2 was the race mission. Mission 3 was Leisure Time for a Cup of Tea. This mission was discontinued after episode ten due to controversies.[8]Mission 4 was Morning Team Sports. This mission aired in full only in episode six, and only highlights were shown in episode seven due to time constraints. At the end of each episode, the Running Man Balls collected throughout the night were placed into a lottery machine, and the colour of the first ball ejected determined the winning team for the night.
The losing team was required to commute home using public transportation while undertaking an embarrassing punishment. Episodes 1. 1- 2. As of the eleventh episode, the Running Man members and guests were no longer split into two main teams except for during the race mission, with smaller teams or individual game- play being used during the other missions. Everyone individually earned Running Balls throughout the missions and the balls selected during the lottery machine segment represented the individuals who were the winners for the night. The format of missions was also changed: Mission 1 was Challenge 1 vs. X. Mission 2 was Find the Thief. From episode 1. 5 this was changed to different games related to the landmark.
Mission 3 was the race mission, Bells Hide and Seek. As of the eighteenth episode, only those who had earned no Running Balls at all throughout the night were the ones to be punished. Episodes 2. 6- 4. Beginning with the twenty- sixth episode, the race mission, Bells Hide and Seek, was replaced with a Find the Guests mission.
The MCs and guests were locked inside a landmark and were required to earn Running Balls for a chance to escape punishment. Through a series of missions, the Running Man members were divide into teams and/or individually earned Running Balls.
The format for the missions in episodes 2. Mission 1 was the race mission, Find the Guests. From episode 3. 9- 4.
Catch the Running Man. Mission 2 featured games related to the landmark. Mission 3 was the One Chance challenge, which was played in episodes 2. If there were many members with no Running Balls, they were automatically punished and no lottery was conducted.
Additionally, if the members succeeded in the One Chance mission, they were all relieved of the punishment regardless of how many Running Balls each of them possessed. As of episode 3. 8 and onwards, there were some episodes which included spy/spies. These spies could either be part of the cast, guest, or both. Episodes 4. 4- 4.
From episodes 4. 4 to 4. Teams were decided by the winner of the race mission, who received the first Running Ball, and the two teams then competed for more Running Balls throughout missions spread over two days (two episodes).
The format for the missions was as follows: Mission 1 was the race mission, Find the Guests. Mission 2 featured missions related to the staff of the landmark. Mission 3 was a second race mission. Mission 4 featured missions related to the landmark. The team with the most Running Balls was declared the winner and their supporters received a bonus from their boss. Special Series. Throughout the history of Running Man, special series have progressed with storytelling and movie- like episodes.
Many of these series have been praised for their thrill and excitement, and are considered some of the more higher quality episodes of Running Man.[9]Special series Yoo- ames Bond. Episodes 3. 8, 9. The Yoo- ames Bond series is famous for its protagonist, Yoo Jae- suk as Yoo- ames Bond, who is known to use a water gun to eliminate his foes to complete the mission. This series features Yoo Jae- suk against the other Running Man members, who do not know that Yoo Jae- suk is against them. In episode 3. 8, during the Find The Guests mission, there was no guest and Yoo Jae- suk was given the mission to secretly eliminate the other members by spraying their name tag with a water gun. This was the first time Yoo- ames Bond appeared as a character.
A year later, Yoo- ames Bond returned for his first anniversary in episode 9. All members are arrested for various crimes they have committed.
Yoo Jae- suk is given the opportunity of a pardon, where he must re- imprison the rest of the escaped members by spraying their name tags before they escape the building. If he is successful in re- imprisoning the other members, he will be free to leave while the other members continue to serve time. In Episode 1. 40, it marked the second anniversary of Yoo- ames Bond, where he is framed for spreading the "anger virus" and infecting his fellow members. He must find that person who is impersonating him and eliminate them to retrieve the vaccine. At the end of both episodes (9. Yoo- ames Bond Never Die" appeared, hinting at future episodes in the series. The later two episodes have been praised for being like a movie instead of a variety show.[1.
In episode 1. 96, the members "travelled back in time" to the second Yoo- ames Bond episode (Jail Breakers), giving the members a second chance at changing the results with a new protagonist.[1. In episode 2. 31, Yoo- mes Bond makes a comeback but with a Successor this time. Yoo- ames Bond must work together with The Successor to take the members out, but with the rule of being together and to hand over the water gun to The Successor and order him to eliminate everyone. All members are barely eliminated, and with one final step to pass the test of becoming the 2nd Yoo- ames Bond's successor either by shooting Yoo Jae- suk's nametag and it will become a history for Yoo- ames Bond, or cease the shoot and continue on working together in the future as partners.
But it predictably turns out that he failed as The Successor shoots and it backfires. It proves that the failed successor is a traitor and full of betrayal.
In the end, Yoo- ames Bond wins the entire race. At the end of this episode, Yoo- ames Bond (Yoo Jae- suk) promises that the Yoo- mes Bond will "keep going"Best of the Best Match. Episodes 4. 2, 7. The Best of the Best Matches take place once in a while as the opportunity to decide who the best Running Man is. The first Best of the Best Match took place in episode 4.
Running Man. The second Best of the Best Match took place in episode 7. Each member was granted a superpower, and can use them to aid their efforts to eliminate the other members. Two times in a row, Gary emerged victorious becoming the best Running Man.[1. The third Best of the Best Match took place in episode 1. The members are reincarnated in the process, must find who the final surviving member was in 1. Haha became the third generation best Running Man.[1.